BR112016016082B1 - CONFIGURATION OF BOX DOOR, DISPLAY SCREEN DEVICE AND BOX OF A DISPLAY SCREEN DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

BOX DOOR CONFIGURATION; DEVICE WITH DISPLAY SCREEN; DEVICE BOX; AND CONFIGURATION FROM PANEL TO DISPLAY SCREEN. The present invention relates to a device with a display screen, preferably for a game and/or entertainment machine, comprising a device box, having a door for opening and closing the device box, wherein the door form a panel for at least one display screen, the panel flaps of which surround the at least one display screen and delimit a panel cutout, the panel having a modular structure and being variably assembled from a plurality panel components in different configurations, in which the panel has panel cutouts in different numbers and/or different dimensions.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[001] The present invention relates to a device with a display screen, preferably in the form of a game and/or entertainment machine, comprising a device box, having a box port or a port port configuration. box for opening and closing the device box, wherein the box door forms a panel for at least one display screen, which panel flaps surround the at least one display screen and delimit a panel cutout.

STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

[002] Devices with a display screen can be gaming and/or entertainment and/or betting machines, which can be realized as terminals, particularly in the form of free-laying devices or so-called stand-alone devices, such as are used for example in casinos and arcades. However, in principle, the devices can also be realized as wall-mounted or desktop devices, which can be mounted on the wall or can be mounted on a table. Other uses such as automatic bank teller terminals, automatic ticket sales terminals and the like are also conceivable.

[003] Devices with a display screen of this nature comprise at least one display screen, which is mounted at the appropriate height for a user standing or sitting in front of the device, to display information and/or receive control or input signals , when the display screen is realized as a touch screen. In this case, in addition to the at least one display screen, for example below the display screen, a control panel with input keys, levers or the like, devices for reading data and possibly also deposit and withdrawal components may be provided. of money, which may be connected with corresponding functional components inside the device housing or be disposed itself at least partially inside the device housing. The device box can receive a control unit or a calculation unit, which can for example trigger the visualization screens and/or control the course of the game.

[004] Depending on the information and functions of the display screen device, it may be advantageous to provide more than one display screen, for example to present the game content itself on a display screen and to display additional information such as game rules, winning possibilities and the like on an additional display screen. So far the additional display screens are also used to show several games in parallel, for example a main game and a bonus game. When a plurality of display screens are used, these can be arranged one above the other, either in a common plane or oriented parallel to each other, possibly with an offset relative to each other in the depth direction of the device, or say in the direction of the visual axis on the display screens. More particularly, the plurality of display screens arranged one above the other can also be inclined at an obtuse angle with respect to each other, to achieve an orientation as perpendicular as possible with respect to the visual axis of a user in the different visual axes. on the display screens, respectively. These devices are called slant top devices. Alternatively or additionally to an arrangement of display screens one above the other, a plurality of display screens can also be arranged next to each other, in which case a corresponding obtuse or parallel inclined arrangement of the display screens can be provided.

[005] A display screen device of the above-mentioned nature in the form of a gaming and/or entertainment machine is known for example from EP 16 71 284 B1.

[006] In the case of devices with a display screen of this nature known to date, it is disadvantageous that in the case of a conversion or an upgrade of the device, the entire device housing together with the housing door often has to be replaced, for example to set up an additional display screen, when in the course of an update of a gaming machine this in addition to the main game must also display a bonus game. Previously used boxes have to be disposed of or, at best, can be recycled. Similarly already in the context of the production of new devices it is cumbersome or disadvantageous to have to consider a correspondingly high number of housing types for different device types, which use display screens in different numbers and of different dimensions.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

[007] Starting from this point, the present invention aims to disclose a device with an improved display screen and an improved box door configuration of this nature, which allow to avoid the disadvantages of the state of the art and to improve them advantageously. More particularly, it is intended to disclose a display screen device that can be economically converted and updated, whose number and format of display screens can be easily adapted to each type of device and the respective function.

[008] According to the present invention, said objective is achieved by means of a box door configuration for the display screen device according to claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the invention are the object of the dependent claims.

[009] It is therefore suggested to mount the box door or box door configuration, which forms a panel surrounding the display screen and which has one or a plurality of panel cutouts for one or a plurality of display screens display from a component system with separate compatible panel components so that the enclosure door or the panel surrounding the display screen can be easily changed in configuration through different arrangements of the same components panel and/or the use of different panel components. In this case, the panel is no longer made in one piece, as is known from the state of the art, but variably assembled from a plurality of connectable panel components. According to the present invention the box door panel has a modular structure and can be variably assembled from a plurality of panel components in different configurations, in which the panel has panel cutouts in different numbers and/or of different dimensions. A larger panel cutout and/or a panel having a plurality of panel cutouts can be configured using additional panel components and/or longer panel components, while conversely a smaller panel cutout and/or a smaller number of panel cutouts for a smaller display screen or for a smaller number of display screens can be configured by removing panel components and panel structure from a smaller number of panel components and/or of shorter panel components. In this case the individual panel components can be used several times, ie for different panel configurations, so that with a component set of few panel components many panel configurations can be achieved.

[010] Advantageously the panel components are detachably connected with each other, for example by means of screw connections or detachable effective mechanical connections such as detachable plug-in connections, so that a panel subsequently can be subject to alterations configuration and used panel components can be reused in a new panel configuration. Although a connection of non-removable panel components could also be considered, which would be an advantage in the production of new components, that is to say in the production of box ports of new devices, preferably removable connections are used, to allow a subsequent conversion of the devices and, therefore, to allow the re-use of the panel components.

[011] The panel components, from which the panel can be assembled, in this case can form entire panel flaps or only parts of individual panel flaps. Alternatively, the individual panel members can also form a plurality of panel flaps or parts of a plurality of panel flaps, where for example elbow members can be provided, which both form part of a side flap and also a part of a transverse flap.

[012] In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the panel components, in the respective end sections, have connecting means compatible with each other, by means of which a panel component can optionally be connected with different other panel components . Connecting means realized in a compatible way in this case ensure that different panel components can be connected with a specific panel component.

[013] More particularly, the connecting means may be positioned in patterns of arrangement corresponding to each other in the end sections, for example in the form of an identical arrangement of female threads and/or threaded holes, of a pattern of mating pins or a matching repeating pattern of bosses and recesses for mating panel components. Advantageously the panel components, at respective opposite end sections, may have the same pattern of arrangement of connecting means, for example two female threads at the same distance from each other and arranged on the end contour at each end section. Alternatively, it is also possible, on an end section of a panel component, to provide a first layout pattern, for example with two female threads, and, on a second end section, to provide a second layout pattern, for example with three female threads. and correspondingly provide both arrangement patterns on a plurality or all of the panel components.

[014] Advantageously, the connection means, in the respective position in relation to the connection contours of the end sections of the panel components, can be provided in a fixed constant arrangement pattern, for example so that a plurality of connection means, e.g. female threads, respectively, is spaced at a fixed predetermined distance from the fitting surface and/or a connection contour, with which the panel component can be connected exactly with the subsequent panel component or with the connection contour or the adjustment surface.

[015] More particularly, the end sections of different panels to be connected with each other and of adjacent panel components in the connected state can be realized in such a way as to overlap, whereby in the overlapping section connection means are provided aligned, for example in the form of female threads or tapped holes, dowel pin recesses or dovetails and dovetail recesses.

[016] In an embodiment of the invention, panel side flaps and/or transverse connection flaps that connect opposite side flaps, respectively, can be assembled from side components connectable with each other in different number and/or at from connectable cross members in different numbers, so that the side wings can be configured with different lengths by connecting side members in different numbers and/or different lengths and/or the cross connecting wings can be configured with different lengths different by connecting cross members in different numbers and/or different lengths.

[017] The aforementioned side flaps in the context of the present invention may be the vertical side flaps arranged to the right and left of a viewing screen or that extend vertically, while the transverse flaps may be oriented horizontally, in which case it is Essentially a perpendicular configuration of the side flaps and the transverse flaps is achieved. However, in general the terminology can also be understood the other way around, so that the side flaps designate horizontal panel flaps and the transverse flaps designate vertical panel flaps.

[018] In order to be able to adapt the panel and the panel cutout formed by it to different display screen formats and/or to different numbers of display screens, on side components arranged in an opposite way, advantageously, one can optionally be connected or fixed. additional side component or a cross connecting component. Therefore, two, three, four or more side members can be arranged subsequently, to correspondingly extend the corresponding side flap, or only one side member can be used, to which a transverse connecting member can be connected or fixed, to provide for the corresponding transverse boundary of the panel cutout. The optional connectivity of an additional side component or a cross connecting component, particularly a cross end component, allows the side component to be used variably and to be used for different display screen formats and for a different number of visualization screens.

[019] More particularly, the panel components and the connection means provided therein can be realized in such a way that a transverse end component or an intermediate transverse component can optionally be connected together with an additional side component, in such a way that a panel node point is formed, from which panel components project, namely two side components forming a side flap as well as an intermediate transverse component extending perpendicularly thereto. Due to the possibility of mounting or the connectivity of intermediate cross-sectional components of this nature on a side cross-sectional flap or on two side-parts which can be connected to each other, different cutouts for viewing screens or different panel cutouts can be configured. An intermediate cross-member divides the spatial region or panel cutout surrounded by the side flaps and the cross-sectional end flaps into a plurality of panel cutouts in which a plurality of display screens can be disposed.

[020] In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the aforementioned intermediate cross members can serve simultaneously for connecting two adjacent side members of a side flap. The above-mentioned intermediate cross members can comprise connection means for connecting two connected side members, so that the two side members can be connected with each other by means of an intermediate cross member. A transverse end component, in comparison with an intermediate transverse component, only has to have connecting means for connection with a side component.

[021] The above-mentioned panel components in the form of the above-mentioned side components and/or in the form of the above-mentioned transverse components can generally have a straight course or a straight longitudinal axis and/or be connectable to form side flaps straight or transverse straight edges of the panel and therefore the panel can have a flat outline and in the case of arranging a plurality of display screens all the display screens can be arranged parallel or coplanar.

[022] In an advantageous alternative embodiment of the invention, the lateral components and/or the transverse components can also have an arcuately curved and/or polygonally bent outline or a correspondingly arcuately curved and/or bent longitudinal axis in polygonal shape, to form side wings and/or transverse wings bent in an arcuate and/or polygonal shape of the panel. As an alternative or in addition to a curved or flexed course of the longitudinal axes, the lateral components and/or the transverse components also in the region of the respective end sections and/or the respective connection contours and/or the respective connection means can be realized in so that respectively two adjacent side members and/or respectively two adjacent cross members can be connected at an obtuse angle, so that due to the intersection or connection points bent at an obtuse angle between the side members and/or between the cross members it can be A corresponding polygonally bent course of the transverse wings or the side wings is achieved.

[023] More particularly, due to a curved or bent longitudinal axis course of this nature of the side flaps and/or the transverse flaps, a plurality of display screens arranged one above the other and/or a plurality of display screens The display screens arranged next to each other can be positioned in an obtuse angled slanted arrangement and be surrounded by the panel, particularly to orient the display screens relative to the eyes of a device user so that the user can look at the display screen. perpendicular view.

[024] More particularly, the panel may have a plurality of panel cutouts inclined at an obtuse angle to each other and surround a plurality of display screens disposed one above the other or next to each other at an obtuse angle. .

[025] The at least one display screen can be arranged and fixed inside the device box, so that the aforementioned panel or the box door is moved away during opening of the display screens. Alternatively the at least one display screen in an embodiment of the invention can also be fixed on the cashier door, particularly on said panel, so that during opening of the cashier door the display screen is moved together with the panel. Therefore, advantageously opening the housing door also makes accessible the rear side of a display screen as well as a component positioned behind the display screen in the device housing. Surprisingly also in the case of the described modular structure of the box door panel a relatively heavy display screen can be housed in the box door or in the panel, without the panel assembled from a plurality of components becoming unstable or becoming overloaded. On the contrary, attaching the display screen or display screens to the panel of modular panel structure imparts additional stability, particularly when a display screen is attached to a plurality of panel components and/or panel flaps. Therefore, the display screen assumes a support and stabilization function for the panel.

[026] To achieve a high optical quality device surface and to achieve a clean edge between the box door or the panel and the display screen, advantageously the at least one display screen can be attached to the rear side of the panel and the panel may at least partially cover a front peripheral band of the display screen, so that the panel seen as a diaphragm from the front side of the display screen preferably covers a narrow peripheral band of the display screen. Alternatively, it would also be possible to release the viewing screen in relation to the surrounding panel, so that an interstice remains between the internal contour of the panel and the external contour of the viewing screen, or adapt it exactly to the external dimension of the viewing screen.

[027] In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, at least some of the panel components may have retaining ribs projecting backwards from a panel rear side, which laterally surround the display screen and which may be connected with the preview screen. Said retaining ribs simultaneously form lateral guides, between which the viewing screen can be placed on the panel from the back. The display screen can be fixed on said retaining ribs for example by inserting transverse pins such as threaded pins. Preferably between the panel components and a display screen a rigid connection is provided, preferably in the form of an effective mechanical connection.

[028] The box door together with the display screens fixed therein in an advantageous embodiment of the invention can be housed pivotally around a door hinge axis, for example by means of a hinge or a hinge of a suitable door, whereby in an advantageous embodiment of the invention said door hinge axis can be extended horizontally, preferably in the region of an upper box door section, so that the box door with the screens of display set in this can be opened by swinging upwards. It would also be possible to provide a vertical door hinge axis, so that the box door can be opened like a cupboard door, or, to provide a horizontal door hinge axis in the lower end section of the box door, so that the box door could be opened by bending down like a desk lid. Due to the opening by swinging upwards as a double-leaf door, accessibility to the interior of the box is improved, for example for a fitter, considering that the door of a box opened by swinging is moved away from the working region of the fitter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[029] Next, the present invention is explained in more detail based on a preferred embodiment and the attached figures. The figures show:

[030] Fig. 1: a schematic front perspective view of a display screen device in the form of a gaming machine according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, wherein the swing-openable box door is configured for two viewing screens arranged one above the other in an inclined manner at an obtuse angle,

[031] Fig. 2: a schematic perspective side view of a display screen device similar to Fig. 1, where only one viewing screen is provided or where the box door is configured for only one viewing screen,

[032] Fig. 3: shows a schematic front view in perspective of a device with a display screen similar to Figures 1 and 2, in which the device 3 comprises display screens arranged one above the other inclined at an obtuse angle and the box door is configured as a fitting or as a panel for three viewing screens arranged in the aforementioned way,

[033] Fig. 4: shows a schematic representation in perspective of the device with display screen of Fig. 1 showing the top part of the device housing and the upwardly swing open housing door housed therein with the viewing screens attached thereto, the partial view showing the entirety of the housing door with both viewing screens housed in this and partial view b shows the articulated connection of the box door with the box base body,

[034] Fig. 5: shows a perspective front view of the panel that forms the box door and the respective panel components, in which both viewing screens fixed to the panel are represented in an exploded representation removed from the panel and with a distance,

[035] Fig. 6: a rear perspective view of the panel of Fig. 5 and the viewing screens fixed therein,

[036] Fig. 7: a perspective rear view of the panel of the two preceding Figures without the representation of the display screens, in which the panel components are represented in an exploded representation removed from each other,

[037] Fig. 8: a schematic representation in perspective of the rear view of the panel for the display screens similar to Fig. 7, in which the panel is configured in another configuration or in a modified configuration for three display screens arranged one above the other and defines three panel cutouts, as is the case with the device configuration according to Fig. 3,

[038] Fig. 9: An enlarged, cut-away representation of the transition and connection region between a transverse end panel component and a lateral panel component in a removed exploded representation, where the cutout marked A in Fig. 8, and

[039] Fig. 10: An enlarged, cropped representation of the connection region between two lateral components subsequently connected in the longitudinal direction and an intermediate transverse component that connects the two lateral components.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[040] As shown in Fig. 1, the device with display screen 1 can be implemented as a free-standing device, in particular as a stand-alone free-standing device, and present a device body 2 - roughly speaking - in the form of an essentially oblong, vertical cube, in the upper half of which one or a plurality of display screens 3 are provided. As shown in Fig. 1 these can be two display screens arranged one above the other at an obtuse angle or just one display screen, as shown in Fig. 2 or three or more display screens arranged one above the other and/or inclined at an obtuse angle, as shown in Fig. 3.

[041] The device with a display screen 1 comprises a device box 4, on the front side of which said display screens 3 are arranged and inside the box of which functional components such as calculation and control devices, a cooling device, a cash processing and/or storage device, or the like.

[042] The front side, which may also be referred to as the front side or the control side, of the device box 4 comprises a control section 21, which is arranged below the at least one display screen and is realized for example as a control panel in the form of a table, on which command and control keys and the like are provided. A device for reading cards, means for depositing and/or withdrawing money and other functional components common in gaming machines and integrated in the device box 4 can also be provided.

[043] The device box 4 can comprise a box block or a box base 5, which comprises said control section and on which an upper box component 6 can be placed, on which said control screens are arranged preview 3.

[044] The device housings 4, particularly the respective upper housing component 6 advantageously comprises a housing door 7, on which the at least one display screen 3 or the plurality of display screens 3a and/or 3b and /or 3c, so that on opening said box door 7 the display screens 3 are likewise moved away from the box base body 6. As shown in Fig. 4, the box door 7 advantageously can be opened by swinging upwards as a double-leaf door around a horizontally oriented (lying down) door hinge axis 8, which can be arranged in the upper door end region, in which case, in this case, power lifts or locking means may be provided, for example in the form of a gas pressure cylinder or the like, to keep the door in the upwardly swung open position.

[045] As shown in Fig. 5, said box door 7 forms a panel 9, which surrounds the display screens 3 fixed on the box door 7 and which delimits a separate panel cutout 10 for each display screen, in which Fig. 5 in the present case shows, by way of example, two panel cutouts 10a and 10b arranged one above the other in an inclined manner at an obtuse angle, for according to the device configuration of Fig. 1 encircling two display screens 3a and 3b arranged one above the other at an obtuse angle. Said panel cutouts 10 can be realized as openings for windows, which release a view on the viewing screen 3 disposed in the panel cutout 10. The panel cutouts 10 can be realized openly, so that the display screen surface. Alternatively the panel cutouts 10 can be enclosed in a transparent cover such as glass or plexiglass 11, behind which the viewing screen can be arranged.

[046] As shown in Figures 5 to 10, the panel 9 of the box door 7 has a modular structure and can be variably assembled from a plurality of panel components, so that the panel 9 can optionally be configured to a single display screen 3a, for two display screens 3a, 3b or equally for three display screens 3a, 3b, 3c.

[047] The panel 9 can comprise two opposite side flaps 12, oriented vertically in the case of the box door 7 closed, as well as transverse connection flaps 13, particularly horizontally oriented, which connect the side flaps 12 with each other.

[048] In this case the side wings 12 can be variably assembled from a different number of side members 12a, 12b and 12c, see Fig. 8, which can subsequently be arranged linearly, so that depending on the number of side components, side flaps 12 of different lengths can be configured. Said side components 12a, 12b and 12c can have a straight course or be curved in a slightly arched way and/or be mounted in a flexed manner at an obtuse angle at the respective points of contact, so that the side components follow or correspondingly predetermine the arrangement of desired display screens.

[049] In this case, the side components may comprise end sections connectable at an obtuse angle, for example having straight cut contact surfaces, through which they can be connected.

[050] In the region of the end sections 14, the side members 12a, 12b and 12c may comprise connecting means 15, for example in the form of female threads or threaded holes, which are arranged in a predetermined identical pattern with respect to the contours of connection, particularly of the contact edges on the end sections 14. For example each side member on the respective end sections can have two female threads or two threaded holes spaced apart from each other, in which end sections of transverse members of the flanges can be fixed cross connection 13.

[051] The transverse connecting flaps 13 in this case have transverse members 16, comprising transverse end members 16a and 16b, which are connected at the ends of the side flaps 12 and in the case of the vertical orientation of the side flaps 12 can close the panel to up and down. These transverse end components 16a and 16b in the respective end sections can have connecting sections 17, which extend in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the side components 12a, 12b and 12c and in the connected position of the side components and the transverse components cover a part , particularly an end section 14 of the side member 12a or 12b. In the connection sections 17 of the end sections 18 of the transverse end components 16a and 16b, connection means are provided, the arrangement pattern of which corresponds to the arrangement pattern of the connection means 17 of the side components 12, so that the connection means on the transverse end components 16a and 16b they can be connected with the connection means on the side components 12. More particularly, female threads and/or tapped holes can also be provided on the transverse end components, which in the connected state are aligned with the female threads or the corresponding threaded holes of the side components, see Fig. 9. The side flaps (side members) and the transverse flaps preferably have a perpendicular arrangement with respect to each other.

[052] Furthermore said cross members 16 may comprise intermediate cross members 16c and 16d, see Fig. 8, whereby the panel cutout surrounded by panel 9, that is to say surrounded by side flaps 12 and transverse end members 16a and 16b, can be divided into a plurality of separate panel cutouts. Said intermediate transverse members 16c advantageously extend parallel to the transverse end members 16a and 16b and/or perpendicular to the side wings 12.

[053] Said intermediate cross members 16c and 16d simultaneously serve to connect two side members 12a and 12b, or 12b and 12c, connected, see Fig. 8. For this purpose, the intermediate transverse components 16c and 16d, in the region of the respective end sections 18, can comprise connection sections 17, which cover the end sections 14 of two connected side components and which have connection means 15 for the connection with two side components. The connecting sections 17 of the intermediate cross members 16c and 16d can comprise two arrangements of female threads and/or tapped holes, which together present a configuration of holes, which is aligned with the female threads and/or tapped holes in the sections of end of two connected side members 12a and 12b or 12b and 12c, see Fig. 10. The arrangement of the female threads or the arrangement of the end sections 18 or the connection sections 17 is such that preferably there is an effective mechanical connection of the side members and the cross members and essentially a bolting rigidity is achieved in all spatial directions.

[054] As is evident in the Figures, the panel 9 forming the box door 7 can be reconfigured by inserting or removing side components 12, so that the panel 9 can optionally be suitable for a viewing screen, for two display screens or for three display screens or of course for even more display screens. Although this is not shown in the figures, the transverse connecting flaps 16 can also have a modular structure made from a plurality of subsequent transverse components, to arrange a plurality of display screens correspondingly next to each other or to be connected together. being able to change the number of display screens arranged next to each other.

[055] The display screens 3 can advantageously be mounted on the panel 9 from the rear, in particular be placed in the corresponding panel cutout on a rear side of the panel 9, so that the panel at least partially covers a narrow peripheral strip of the preview screen.

[056] As is evident in Fig. 5 and 6, on the side components 12a, 12b of the side flaps 12, there can be provided, for example, two retaining flaps 20 projecting from the rear side of the panel, for example molded integrally, which laterally surround a display screen connected on the rear side of the panel 9. For example by means of transverse pins or transverse screws, said retaining flaps 20 can be rigidly connected with the display screen 3. More particularly, according to an embodiment, provision can be made for additionally a connecting member (connecting stirrup) 22, for connecting the connected display screens 3a and 3b between two adjacent retaining flaps 20 and therefore further increasing the rigidity of the box door configuration.

[057] As is particularly evident in Figs. 5 to 8, in this case the transverse end component 16a additionally has two reception elements for a speaker arrangement 23.

[058] The panel components can be made as profiled bars and can be made of metal or synthetic material or other material, produced for example. by injection molding. According to one embodiment, the panel components on the front side (that is to say on the side facing the user's seat) can preferably have regions, for example mirrored and/or chromed. Furthermore, lighting elements, for example in the form of RGB-LED or OLED strips, can be integrated into the panel components and the connection sections 17 of the cross members 16 or the end sections 14 of the side members 12 can have contacts corresponding electrical connections (not shown in more detail in the figures) for the electrical connection of the LED strips.

[059] As is particularly evident in Figures 5 to 8, according to an advantageous embodiment, a visualization screen panel configuration or a panel configuration for visualization screens can be configured, in which a panel 9 presents a structure modular and can be variably assembled from a plurality of panel components, so that the panel 9 can optionally be configured for one display screen 3a, for two display screens 3a, 3b or equally for three display screens 3a, 3b, 3c. The panel configuration forms a panel 9 for at least one display screen 3, the panel 9 comprising panel flaps 12, 13 surrounding the at least one display screen 3 and delimiting a panel cutout 10 through which the at least one display screen 3 is visible and the panel 9 has a modular structure and can be variably assembled from a plurality of panel components 12a, 12b, 12c; 16a, 16b, 16c; 16d in different configurations, in which panel 9 has panel cutouts 10a, 10b, 10c in different numbers and/or of different dimensions.

[060] In another advantageous embodiment of the panel configuration the panel components 12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d at respective end sections 14; 18 can comprise connecting means 17 compatible with each other, by means of which a panel component can optionally be connected with different ones from the plurality of panel components 12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d.

[061] The panel configuration and the at least one display screen 3 can be fixed to each other and thus form a unit or a module. Preferably the at least one display screen can be attached to the rear side of the panel and the panel can cover or at least partially surround a front peripheral strip of the display screen (3).

[062] The panel configuration can be realized as a module or as a free-standing element or as a module that can be fixed to a wall. The panel configuration can advantageously be realized as a housing door for a device housing of a display screen device.

Claims (16)

1. BOX DOOR CONFIGURATION (7) for opening and closing a device case (4) of a display screen device, wherein the case door configuration (7) forms a panel (9) for at least at least one display screen (3), wherein the panel (9) comprises a set of panel flaps (12, 13), comprising a plurality of side flaps and a plurality of transverse connecting flaps, which panel flaps delimit at least one at least one panel cut-out (10) through which the at least one display screen (3) is visible, the panel (9) having a modular structure and being variably assembleable from a plurality of panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a, 16b, 16c; 16d), comprising side members and cross members in different configurations, in which the panel (9) has panel cutouts (10a, 10b, 10c) in different numbers and/or of different dimensions; wherein panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d), at respective end sections (14; 18), comprise connecting means (17) compatible with each other, by means of which a panel component, respectively, can be connected with other among the plurality of panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d), characterized by the end sections of the respective panel components to be connected with each other and which are adjacent in the state connected are formed so that they overlap. 2. CONFIGURATION, according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection means (17) are positioned in mutually corresponding arrangement patterns on the end sections (14; 18). 3. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized by the mutually opposite side wings (12) and/or the transverse connection wings (13) that connect the side wings (12), which can be assembled from a different number of connectable side members (12a, 12b, 12c) and/or a different number of connectable cross members (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d), whereby the side flaps (12) can be configured with different lengths by by means of connecting lateral components (12a, 12b, 12c) in different numbers and/or of different lengths and/or the lateral connection flaps (13) can be configured with different lengths by means of connecting transverse components in different numbers and /or of different lengths. 4. CONFIGURATION, according to claim 3, characterized in that the side flaps (12) are oriented vertically and the transverse flaps (13) are oriented horizontally. 5. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the panel components comprise side components (12b) arranged in a mutually opposite way, to whose end sections (14) an additional side component (12a) can optionally be connected ; 12c) or a transverse connection component (16). 6. CONFIGURATION, according to claim 5, characterized in that one of the side components (12b) can be connected to a transverse connection component (16a, 16b) or an intermediate transverse component (16c, 16d) together with one of the additional side members (12a; 12c), wherein said intermediate cross members (16c, 16d) have connecting means (15) for connecting two of the connected side members and said cross connecting members (16a, 16b) have connection means (15) for connection with one of the side members. 7. CONFIGURATION, according to claim 6, characterized in that the means for connecting the transverse connection components (16a, 16b) and/or the intermediate transverse components (16c, 16d) cover the lateral component(s) . 8. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 6 or 7, characterized in that two lateral components (12a, 12b; 12b, 12c) subsequently connected are retained in each other by means of an intermediate transverse component (16c, 16d). 9. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized by the side flaps (12) of the panel (9), said side flaps being constituted by a plurality of lateral components and/or the transverse connecting flaps (13 ) have a longitudinal axis that is arched and/or polygonally bent. 10. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the panel (9) has a plurality of panel cutouts (10a, 10b, 10c) inclined at an obtuse angle with respect to each other and surrounding a plurality of screens display screens (3a, 3b, 3c) arranged on top of each other or next to each other, inclined at an obtuse angle with respect to each other. 11. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that at least one display screen is fixed to the panel and can be moved up and down together with the box door configuration. 12. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it can be fixed to a rear side of the panel, and the panel (9) covers or surrounds at least partially a front peripheral strip of the display screen (3) . 13. CONFIGURATION, according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the panel (9) has retaining ribs (20) that project from the rear side of the panel, which laterally surround the at least one display screen ( 3) and can be fixedly connected with the visualization screen (3). 14. DISPLAY SCREEN DEVICE (1), comprising a box base body (6) and a box door configuration (7) as defined in any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the box door configuration (7) forms a panel (9) for at least one display screen (3), the panel (9) comprising panel flaps (12, 13) delimiting a panel cutout (10) through which the at least screen (3) is visible, wherein the panel (9) has a modular construction and can be assembled from a plurality of panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a, 16b, 16c; 16d) in one variably in different configurations, in which the panel (9) has structure openings of different numbers and/or sizes (10a, 10b, 10c), in which the panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d), characterized in that its end sections (14; 18) comprise mutually compatible connecting means (17) by means of which a respective part of the frame can be connected attached to other parts of the plurality of panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d), wherein the end portions of the respective structures are to be connected to each other and which are adjacent in the connected state and are formed to overlap; wherein the box door configuration (7) is pivotally housed around a door hinge axis (8) in the box base body (6), wherein said door hinge axis (8) preferably it is disposed horizontally in an upper end section of the box door configuration (7). 15. DEVICE according to claim 14, characterized in that the device with a display screen is realized as a game and/or entertainment and/or betting machine. 16. A DISPLAY SCREEN DEVICE (1) BOX (6), wherein a device box comprises a box door configuration (7) as defined in any one of claims 1 to 13 for opening and closing the device housing wherein the housing door configuration (7) forms a panel (9) for at least one display screen (3), the panel (9) comprising panel flaps (12, 13) delimiting a panel cutout (10) through which the at least one screen (3) is visible, the panel (9) having a modular construction and capable of being assembled from a plurality of panel components (12a, 12b , 12c; 16a, 16b, 16c; 16d) in a variable manner in different configurations, in which the panel (9) has structure openings of different numbers and/or sizes (10a, 10b, 10c), in which the components of panel (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d), characterized in that its end sections (14; 18) comprise mutually compatible connecting means (17), for means by which a respective part of the frame can be connected to other parts of the plurality of panel components (12a, 12b, 12c; 16a to 16d), wherein the end portions of the respective structures are to be connected to each other and which are adjacent in the connected state and are formed to overlap.

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